Les Cockrell: Women’s health seminar planned

A seminar, titled “The Multi-Tasking
Woman,” designed to help women monitor their health, is planned at 6 p.m. today
at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton.

Dr. Anna Burke, an internal medicine
physician on the medical staff of the hospital, will speak about breast health
and offer tips to help women regain control of their health, according to a
news release.

The seminar will be held in the Rio
Grande Room at the hospital, located at 3000 N. Interstate 35. It is scheduled
in conjunction with the Laura W. Bush Institute for Women’s Health.

Texas Health has also created online
resources for busy women, the news release stated. For more information, visit www.TexasHealth.org/Women .

“It’s so easy for women to put their
health needs behind those of their families,” Burke stated. “But because
everyone is so dependent on them, it’s even more important to take the time to
care for your own health and well-being. Texas Health is excited to offer tools
that make taking care of yourself easy to achieve.”

Denton Christian Preschool needs help
from the community to repair or replace buses that were damaged Friday morning,
according to Alicia Blanca, the school’s interim director.

The buses were parked at the school when
they were struck by a vehicle that jumped a median and crossed the school
parking lot, Blanca wrote in an e-mail.

“Luckily, it was only the buses and no
one was on them,” she wrote. “All the children were safe in the classrooms.”

One bus was totaled and will have to be
replaced, and another had to be taken to a shop for repairs. The school has no
backup buses or the resources to acquire them, Blanca said.

Donations or any help from the community
to help the school will be greatly appreciated, Blanca stated.

“As we have always said around the
preschool, ‘Miracles happen every day,’ and we are very thankful that the
children were not on board at the time of the incident,” she wrote.

Anyone who would like to help can call
Blanca at 940-383-3332.

Office
of History and Culture offers ‘Haunted Denton’ lecture

The Denton County Office of History and
Culture will offer a lecture, titled “Haunted Denton,” at 12:15 p.m. Thursday
in the Commissioners Courtroom of the Courthouse on the Square, 110 W. Hickory
St.

Laura Douglas of the Denton Public
Library will present a virtual tour of Denton locations where supposed
supernatural occurrences have been reported. The legends include spirits at the
Old Alton Bridge, stories of a nurse who haunts the halls of the old Flow
Hospital and a ghost reported at Bruce Hall on the campus of the University of
North Texas, according to an event announcement.

All Courthouse Museum exhibits and
lectures are free and open to the public. For more information, call
940-349-2850.

‘Pastors
in the Patch’ set as part of food drive

Denton’s Trinity United Methodist Church
is conducting a food drive to aid local charitable agencies, and this year’s
effort will once again feature a three-day “Pastors in the Patch” event.

Trinity pastors will stay in the pumpkin
patch at the church, located at 633 Hobson Lane (corner of Teasley Lane and
Hobson Lane), around the clock from Thursday to Saturday. The goal is to
collect 50,000 pounds of food, according to an announcement from the church.

Donations of nonperishable food items
and money will be accepted, and special events are planned each evening of the
three-day effort.

The church will continue collecting food
items through October. For more information, call the church at 940-566-2291 or
visit www.tumc-denton.org .

Annual
drive to collect coats launched

Interfaith Ministries of Denton Inc. has
launched its annual coat drive, according to an announcement from the agency.

New and gently-used coats to fit
newborns through young people in grade 12 are needed. Donors can drop off coats
at several sites in the Denton area until Wednesday, Oct. 24. For a list of
locations, call 940-566-5927.

The coats will be distributed beginning
at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, at the Interfaith office, located at 1009 N. Elm
St. in Denton. The drive coincides with the annual “Make a Difference Day,” the
nation’s largest designated volunteer day.

On distribution day, parents need to
have each child present in order to receive a coat, and they will also need to
present a valid Texas identification card, according to a news release.

“Last year, we gave over 200 coats away
in 45 minutes,” Sharon Smith, chair of the Coats for Kids committee, stated in
the announcement. “We had to turn children away, and we don’t want to do that
this year.”

Smith said the agency has a goal of
collecting at least 500 coats this year.

Reni Parker, a licensed professional
counselor, will conduct a support program called SafeHaven beginning Thursday
at Denton’s Trinity Presbyterian Church, 2200 N. Bell Avenue.

Sessions will be held from 7 to 8 p.m.
each Thursday through Dec. 13, with the exception of Nov. 22.

The program, sponsored by Ann’s Haven
VNA, is designed to provide guidance to young people and their families coping
with the loss of a loved one, according to a news release.

SafeHaven is open to participants 5 to
18 years of age who have experienced the death of a loved one. There is no cost
to attend SafeHaven, but reservations are requested and can be made by calling
Ann’s Haven VNA at 940-349-5900 or 1-800-383-5435.

Fundraiserto
benefit cancer support groups

The fifth annual Denton Community Youth
Fashions for the Cure event is planned from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Denton
Woman’s Club Building, 610 Oakland St.

The event will feature speakers and
special guest Renzo, organizers said.

Tickets are $15 at the door. Proceeds
benefit the Denton County African American Cancer Support Group and Fashions
for the Cure.

For more information, call 940-442-4263.

Few
spots remain for golf tournament Saturday

Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post 2205 Men’s Auxiliary in Denton said last week that a few spots remain for
their Saturday golf tournament.

The tournament, the post’s first, will
raise funds for veterans’ services.

Cost is $55 per person. Final team
pairings as required and team auctioning will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at VFW
Post 2205, 909 Sunset St.

The four-player team, best-ball scramble
tournament will be played at the Texas Woman’s University Golf Course.

For more information about the
tournament, call Bill at 940-566-6444, Ron at 940-381-0849 or VFW Post 2205 at
940-387-2205.

DHS
graduate named ‘Super Lawyer’

Keith Shelton contacted us recently to
pass along the news that Tim James, a Denton High School graduate, has been
named a “Super Lawyer.”

James is the son of Tobin Hucko, a 1930s
and 1940s big-band singer who grew up Denton, and the late trumpet player Harry
James.

James, who practices law in Nacogdoches,
was recognized by the Minnesota-based rating service Super Lawyers that reviews
law practitioners in a variety of disciplines based on peer nomination and
review and independent research. He is a former district attorney.

Louise Tobin was born in Aubrey but grew
up in Denton, joined a band touring movie theaters and subsequently became the
vocalist with Benny Goodman and his orchestra, Shelton reported. She met and
married Harry James and they had two sons. After she and Harry James divorced,
she returned to Denton. Both sons graduated from Denton High School.

She later sang with the orchestra of
clarinetist Peanuts Hucko. They were married, worked together and, among other
things, they performed for Princess Diana and other royals in London.

She now lives in Garland with her son,
Harry James. She is 94.

LES
COCKRELL is interested in your input for Out & About. Help share information
about Denton County events and people by calling him at 940-566-6887. His
e-mail address is lcockrell@dentonrc.com.

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